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  S&P: Fed policy hit non-U.S. insurers first

  By Allison Bell  |  June 13, 2013

  In a mid-year review, the agency notes that most health carriers have A or BBB ratings.

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  S&P downgrades Berkshire Hathaway rating

  By The Associated Press  |  May 16, 2013

  The rating agency says the company's dividends depend too much on the insurance units.

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  US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings

  By Christina Rexrode, Daniel Wagner  |  February 5, 2013

  The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving high ratings to risky mortgage bonds that helped bring about the financial crisis.

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  Genworth to realign corporate structure

  By Allison Bell  |  January 16, 2013

  The insurance operations would get some distance from the mortgage insurance business.

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  Fitch may downgrade U.S. over debt

  By Pan Pylas  |  January 15, 2013

  The U.S. could lose its top credit rating for the second time if there's a delay in raising the country's debt ceiling.

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  S&P Downgrades The Hartford's Life Subsidiaries

  By Bill Coffin  |  March 21, 2012

  Following The Hartford's likely divestiture of its individual life and retirement businesses, S&P is downgrading Hartford Life and its subsidiaries, while affirming ratings on the holding company.

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  Chicago Fed's "Insurance Initiative" Scrutinizing Insurance Industry Risk

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 15, 2012

  The Chicago Fed is teasing out a place for insurers under a broader supervisory regime, as insurance regulators remain largely silent on MetLife's failure of the Fed's stress test for bank holding companies.

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  Rogue's Gallery

  By National Underwriter Edit Staff  |  January 6, 2012

  Who or what are the top 10 rogue forces that are making things more difficult than they need to be for the life and health insurance industry? National Underwriter names names.

• S&P Forecasts Stable Outlook for U.S. Life Insurance Industry

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  December 1, 2011

  A major credit rating agency says in a new report that it is maintaining its “stable” outlook on the U.S. life insurance industry.

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  World's Central Banks Act to Ease Market Strains

  By David McHugh and Paul Wiseman  |  November 30, 2011

  The central banks of the wealthiest countries, trying to prevent a debt crisis in Europe from exploding into a global panic, swept in Wednesday to shore up the world financial system by making it easier for banks to borrow American dollars.